The Department of the Treasury sanctioned seven separatists in Ukraine responsible for or complicit in actions or policies that threaten the peace, security, stability, sovereignty or territorial integrity of Ukraine.

The United States is taking additional measures to support the Syrian opposition coalition, local communities in Syria and members of the moderate armed opposition, State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said.

The Department of the Treasury took actions to reinforce long-standing U.S. government efforts to ensure that the extensive economic and financial sanctions on Iran do not impede Iran’s humanitarian imports.

Working with more than 80 countries around the world, the U.S. has extended the time for completion of international tax agreements aimed at fighting offshore tax evasion and boosting global tax compliance.